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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And here is the crux of the failure to teach your kids to be open to eating a variety of meals. "I wouldn't imagine it would be easy to find a kid who has never been given mac and cheese, hot dogs, or chicken nuggets."
It is actually easy for parents that know how to cook to never give any of this to their kids. Sadly, often the culture here reinforces that crap eating habits, where you think not eating something like hot dogs and chicken nuggets is denying your kids some necessary dietary component. But, it is not.
The whole eating culture is messed up. One pp said it right, if I don't give my kids these foods, they won't eat them. It is true. When kids go to a party and this is offered, they will likely not eat it. Just like the kid that never ate enchiladas will likely not eat it even at a party.[/quote]

It's not as formulaic.  You have to account for individual tastes and you will eventually find out they are not as moldable as you like to imagine  I have three.  They've all been fed the same diet.  We are an immigrant household so we don't really ever stock mac and cheese or nuggets. I don't know how to make mac and cheese.  So "what to offer" is not a problem.  My #1 and #3 eat everything - chilis, our standard Middle East fare, meats, vegetables, flavor-heavy stuff.  #2 does not like any of that stuff and eats plain chicken, plain pasta, plain vegetables and rice etc.  So it's not healthy vs. unhealthy food, it's the preference for flavors, and what I've found is that your ability to shape this is limited.  Children aren't robots. [/quote]
Never said you will have perfect and adventurous eater for kids. Just that the mind set that fast food is normal and essential part of kids' diets. That mind set is wrong. My kids were picky eaters for a while, that meant that plain rice or plain pasta was there, not hot dogs. You say Middle East? Koshari might be Egyptian equivalent of mac and cheese here. But I will make it myself, not buy it. You actually prove my point. Your picky eater is offered food that you make, not chicken nuggets. And it is not that hard to make breaded chicken breast, the problem is when you go and buy chicken nuggets from McD and that is what your kids ends up loving.[/quote]

Fast food was never an option in our household.  That still doesn't mean the kids ended up eating what we eat. I mean two of them did.  The middle one so far isn't on board and wants her plain pasta.  I mean I guess she is eating the food I made. But it's not the same food that the rest of the house eats. [/quote]

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